Fastener



" is Imore particularly intended for embodi` my Ainvention is `to provide a" fastener ele-'- FASTENER. l

Toall whom z'tmafz/ concern.'

'Be it known that I', O'rrs D'. BELL', a citizen offthe UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, Aborough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York7 have invented anew and Improved Fastener, of which the following is a description.

` My invention while capable of other uses ment in a fastener for securing a button or a loop to a. garment, the invention being adapted more particularly for embodimentV in fastening means for securingvbuttoiis or 'loops on fur garments.

With. vfasteners to which the invention` particularly pertains, i tape,` cord orulike liexible medium is' employed and a 'coacting fastener element, and the"general Vobject ofA ment' for the tape` having .suchA `formation thetape mayreadily be passed through and about the fastener'element in such Inan-A ner as to hold the Abutton or loop securely and avoid t ing the tape. A

'Also, in us'ing-faste1iers of the Yindicated A character, it must berecognized in practice beine improperly ,engaged with the fastener l element.

4Reference is to behad` to the accompanying drawings forming a partA of this specification, it being understood thatthe draw-l ings are merely illustrativeof" practical ex'- amples 'of the invention.`

IFigure lisa front view'ofa button fastened to a" garment with my improved fasll` tening means7 `the button covering being partly broken away; K

Fig. 2 is'aback view of the fastener-api pliedand indicating the AVinitialjstep` 0fl en#` gaging the Ytapeftherewith;

Fig. 3 is 'a view similarto Fig. 2 but showiI ing a" further step' in the 'engagement of the 1 tape with the fastener;

AF ig. l is a view similar to Figs. and 3 but showing the tape completely engaged with the fastener element;

Fig. 'is a'section on the line 5*-5, Fig. l;

Fig. shows the mode Aof employing two of'thefastenersto secure the ends of lthe loop on a fur garment, a fragment of 'which'` e necessity of knotting or sew-- `Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 10 1919. appncanenaieaniyze,191s. siaino. mage?. M f

being approximately central of the elementl l0 oratall events inward from the respective edges ofsaidelement. In addition to the hole y1l I produce' recesses 13m opposite edge portions of the fastener l0, at opposite sides ofthe hole 11, andthere is furthermore produced insaidfastener element a narrow slot la extending"from an edge of the fastener element between the recesses 13 and communicating with the hole ll, said slot being advantageously flaring as shown'. An additional hole 1 5, hereinafter particularly referred to in connection with` Figs. 6' yand 7,

is formed in the fastener 10,'at the opposite side of the hole lllfrom the slot 14.

The fastener is applicable to fasten `buttons, finished with fa tape, as are `generally used in fur garments,"or, even for buttons madewith@J shank o'rholes, Also, the tape orcord maybe applied tothe button in any approved manner .leaving the free ends to be brought together at the back of the button.

In the example shown in Figshl to 5,- the button has the tape passed diametrically acrossthe inner face7 then over diametrically opposite edge portions in recesses a2 to the faoe'of the button, over which the ends are passed oppositely to thecentral hole a illus-r trated in the present example, throughwhich hole the "tape or cord passes rearwardly to `A bebrught together at the inner side, but themanner of securing the tape to the button is'unimportant as stated. The' button A illustratedisof the type having a fabric coveringa. p Y

In"fas'tening a button to a garment with m'y'improved'fastener,the tape or cord is passedthrough aholefor puncture b in the material Bef a fabric or fur garment to tlieinner sideA ofthe latter. The twoends of the tape or cordlZ are now passedinto the fastener, laterally through the slot llll` andpulle'd intothe hole 11,' the tape and fastener then being in the relation shown in Fig. 2 With.Y the fastener element 10 lying close to the inner side of the garment. The

' twotapes are noW brought laterally about the fastener element in the manner indi# cated in Fig. 3. by being carried from the...

. hole 11 over the outer face of the said element-and pressed laterally into one recess.

13, said tapes being thencarried beneatlr the fastener element between'the same and the garment and carried laterally into the recess '13 at the opposite side edge of said element,all ofwhich'will beclearly understood from Fig. 3g The tape ends 1 2 are now passed in through the slot 14 Iback to Y gether through said slot or forced, in single5 SiiQCQSSiQii-toth Opening lili .'lheffasiehei anlvtape will'A then hai/'e'` the relation Vshown in Figs, 4. and

The reifssefs or undercut, which conveniently is produced by punchingQLit the material 'at the oppo-Y sitel 'edgesfsof that the rentrant form While 'fuiithi thel fastening Vcoinser'ving to readily; permitl the forced Yen-` .tifiiie 'of the tarief iii" Successiva t@ Seidl i6: fesses. will minimize the Possibility Of i116 beiiieidiSplaed after Cime having found. entrance toarecess. Also, it isto he noted that the central hole 1 1i through which the initial and iiifil'A runs Qf the time XilnCl atten odates'four thicknesses., whereby the:

l Without theneccssi'ty of tying, kno'bting, or

severa.v tightly fin thel hole the several, runst of the tape' servingv to cause it, to be tightly held sewing.

In 4using the V fastener .to secure on fur, garments the bra-id or elastic loops usually found on such garments for being passed over the buttons, v the fastenen is employed` as illustrated in Figs.' (i and and theter-` mjinals 12.v of the loop, ;L are utilized. as.

' the flexible elements eorrespondingvwith the cordior tape 12.. The saidfencls: are` passed. through' liiiiietuies Z2. iii. the filter fabric B to the inner- 'side of the latter. VEaoh Vter.-l m in a l 12jl being, formed44 of a s ingle'fstrand,`

Vthe hole'1'5 insures the fastening Without reliance upon, the jamming of the,y material .of the: braid" inthe hole 11, In, usingth.

fastener Clement .1,0 i0 fasten loops the. braid. ispa-ssed` iirst throughl the Vhole l5.,` 4from ihelliiiilsit Sild.- 0f Said Clement tothe upper Sileilii mi thee' thiiiiigh. Slo/.t 1% inte i van@ ais.. paient. nes; be. @eine rainst those Y V13 are preferably rentrantluns Will be jammed and Wedge hole 11 to :the under side of saidelenienh after. which the'braid is Vbrought vacross the underside of the;v fastener 'element'V to one recess 13 and then'across the outer Vside or face. of said elementf through the opposite recess 13 tothe underside'of. said element. l 1 andi linally` laterally inward through'theslot Y 1 4; to the hole 11.

It is to be understoodthat in engaging the braid 12a with the fastener element theAAV i latter is. maintained close to the fa-brie sur# face and the braid is maintainedftaut wliilej.`

being manipulated? Having thus Vdescribed claim asneW, and desire to securebyJ-'Ltji Y ters Patent: f y l. A fastener; elementv tob'e employed. .in

'securing a, flexible fastening mediiun,said4 element havingV a. centraljtransverse hole therethrough and presenting rentrant edge recesses at d'iametrically opposite sides` off saidholel `therebeing a. radialslotf entendinglvn from an edge/of said element to saidcentral of communication With''saild; hole! Y -2- Aefasner-elementat@"befeniplyea '9o elementfhaving an Aappro Ximatelycentrali2 g securiniA a flexible fastennd mediumV said 2:! i L l b. i 3. i

f hele between. saidV recesses, 4farijclf the; latter being separatedlatcrallyfrom and being; Out

hole fextendingtherethrough from .oiiefface1k E,

to the.. other invitar edgesof said. eleme i11g.' ils.o. recesses in `opposite side -edges ap proximately Alr'diametricalli? opposite, g and; i' Y presenting also a slot leading, to: said hole from anedgeportionfbetween, said recesses, the latter being separatedby vthe;material ofsaid. element. from said hole andfrom said slot., sojthat entrancev toithesaid. hole from 4 thefedge; is Vsaid ele tisprovided :solely by said slot, ther'said holeleing of'greater QV diameter than. {thel Width. ofsaidslot,Y to: accommodate -the strandV of `the fastening.

mediumr passed, therethrough from said. slot from the respectiye side. 11i', .Said lemeiitpeSelit-S andkto accommodate in additionthestrands I" Y of thefasteningV medium lead to said hole iw from the said. recesses.

3. A fI stener element l Y toibo enrployedin secar-lng a flexrblefastemng medlumsaid @lement hating a transverse hoietheie-rthrough inward fromthe respectivesides ofsaid element',A said fastenergelement presenting reentrangt edgel recesses Vat opposite sidesy v oflsaidA holel: and o uft of; Vcominunication wth Y said hole,` there beinggasl'ot vextending fronti:

anedge ofsaid element tosaifdhole-between i the5 said recesses,V as Well 5 asv .a secondi hole said' slot. being at opposite Vsides of 'theQr-st i Weiiiiisfoiiillf Ci.

fqiffve cents each, by: addressing thleurGo-Iiiniissvpner. of Batents, i

in saidelement5 said seconfdjhqle and tdhgjlZO" 

